Games & Commerce

G-Star expands content to AI, webtoons and mobility, reduces reliance on game studios

G-Star, South Korea\'s largest game exhibition, plans to broaden its scope to AI, webtoons and mobility while expanding organiser-led in-house content to reduce dependence on participating game studios. The organisers named expansion of industry and audience reach and increased in-house content as key strategies for G-Star 2026, to be held in Busan in November. AI story platform Crack will be main sponsor, and Hyundai Motor will run a special programme.

Games & Commerce

Shift Up Q2 operating profit 28.1 billion won, down 58.8 percent on year

Shift Up said on Monday its second-quarter consolidated operating revenue was 55.7 billion won and operating profit was 28.1 billion won, with net profit of 41.7 billion won. Revenue, operating profit and net profit rose from the previous quarter, but all fell from a year earlier. The company said the year-on-year decline was largely due to base effects following the PC version launch of \"Stellar Blade\" in the second quarter of last year.